#preoccupied

There would seem to be a limit, even for an art preoccupied with boundaries and transgressions, beyond which a work reaches its breaking point and becomes an actual failure, a mere experimentation. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#art #becomes #beyond #boundaries #breaking

I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although at the time I did not notice it. I was preoccupied with my teaching and my writing. ↗

— Marguerite Young

#although #come #did #i #i think

I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not. ↗

— Betty Ford

#alcoholic #because #going #i #know

Yes, I've been very preoccupied with the survivor all through my work. ↗

— Robert Jay Lifton

#i #preoccupied #survivor #through #very

But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I've followed or not followed, It's landed me in New York, in a very beautiful hotel, talking to people about something that I love. So I ain't that far off. ↗

— Eriq La Salle

#advice #beautiful #because #become #direction

A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I'm wearing as opposed to the music. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#i #lot #music #opposed #people

Fill you mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#feel #fill #heart #meaningless #mind

I would be remiss if I left the impression that my life has been totally preoccupied with scholarly research. ↗

— Douglass North

#i #impression #left #life #my life

This part of the 21st century is preoccupied with risk, and there's a lot that law can do to make lives longer and healthier. ↗

— Cass Sunstein

#century #healthier #law #lives #longer